Mysql

You can change the mysql prompt client so you know where you are.
Very usefull when you manage a lot of mysql databases and you forget which one :-)

I tried to resync a slave MySQL after it disconnected from the master. But the binary log was already deleted on master, so the only solution was to restore from the last backup. To avoid lock tables on the master and remember the binary log name and position to put them on the slave configuration, there is a tip to take care of all that : the “- master-data” option in mysqldump.

To import a local CSV file into MySQL, use the syntax below :

LOAD DATA LOW_PRIORITY LOCAL INFILE '/path/tofile.csv'
INTO TABLE database.table
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' IGNORE 1 LINES
(`field1`,`field2`,...)

To export a mysql results in CSV format, use the syntax below :

SELECT field1, field2, ...
FROM table
WHERE condition
INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/toto.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';'
ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' ;

Just in case you absolutely have to insert a date in MySQL that does’nt exist, eg 2014-02-30, you can run MySQL server in a special mode that authorizes such dates :